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Admittedly I came at the GP harder than I could have, but it's so easy to write off large diverse institutions as "fucking bullshit" and poison a discussion be
by telchar 6y ago
Admittedly I came at the GP harder than I could have, but it's so easy to write off large diverse institutions as "fucking bullshit" and poison a discussion before it even starts that I think it was warranted (that was the top comment at the time). One of the things about bullying is it's so easy to walk around tossing bombs (metaphorically) that sometimes people don't realize what they're doing until one of those bombs explodes a little closer than usual.
The OP didn't critique anything. Simply decrying an entire institution isn't a critique, it's a denouncement. A critique involves analysis.
Also, if I violated HN guidelines, so have you, by calling me out in turn.
- zepto 6y ago> if I violated HN guidelines, so have you, by calling me out in turn. In a mild way, yes. The guidelines actually say to flag and not comment. However, I didn’t try to insult you, and there is a difference. This comment of yours result seems to be just doubling down. > it's so easy to write off large diverse institutions as "fucking bullshit" and poison a discussion before it even starts The commenter didn’t actually say this. You are misrepresenting them. Also, they didn’t poison the discussion. It seems to have proceeded just fine, both in the replies to them, and elsewhere.